What I Am Reading
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Markets
- Markets could be challenged in the week ahead as the Fed prepares to reverse easy policyCNBC
- Stocks Power Through Negative Signs From Apple, AmazonWall Street Journal
- Stocks close at record highs, market notches best month of the year despite Big Tech earnings missesCNBC
- Opinion: Slower S&P 500 earnings growth is not bullish — no matter what some stock market ‘experts’ are sayingMarketWatch
Central banks
Climate & energy
- Exxon, Chevron Amass Cash as Oil Tops $80 a BarrelWall Street Journal
- The Climate Summit to NowhereWall Street Journal
- China Gives Itself Wiggle Room on Climate Change Ahead of COP26Wall Street Journal
US
- Labor shortage, supply constraints and inflation hold back economy trying to emerge from pandemicCNBC
- Biden to discuss intensifying supply chain challenges with G20 leadersCNBC
- U.S. Prices, Wages Rise at Fastest Pace in DecadesWall Street Journal
- U.S. consumer spending strong; robust wage gains hint at long spell of high inflationReuters
- U.S. labor costs power ahead in third quarter as wages surgeReuters
- U.S. House plan would give electric vehicles big boostReuters
Europe
- Eurozone Economy Outpaces U.S., China, but Tougher Times Lie AheadWall Street Journal
Industries & companies
- Consumer discretionary:Amazon reveals 20% stake in electric-vehicle maker RivianCNBC
- Tech:Apple chip shortage will end, but U.S.-China supply chain ‘train wreck’ is comingCNBC
- Tech:MacBook Pro 2021 Review: Nearly Perfect Back-to-the-Future LaptopsWall Street Journal